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briefs • Board of Education legal fees briefs • Council rejects school briefs • Is the District running out exceed $1.7 million for 4th Quarter 2014 Page 3 security funding request Page 3 of Measure E funds? Page 5 Issue 798 • January 15, 2015 - January 21, 2015 Why is the Board A Parking hiding what they’re Predicament paying Tim Buresh? Proposed Harvard- Westlake parking expansion could impact Beverly Hills traffic cover stories • pages 6-7 people & pictures • BHPOA Black and White Gala Page 10 briefs • Council appoints new briefs • Beverly High evacuated sports & scores • Commissioners, recognizes retirees Page 2 following telephonic bomb threat Page 3 Page 13 A Proposition 65 Public Notice The California Safe Drinking Issue 797 • January 8, 2015 - January 14, 2015 Water and Toxic Enforcement How to Spend Act requires California the Surplus? businesses to advise City Council to consider uses for General Fund employees and neighbors surplus BHTV City Council and Commission of any potential exposure Read this issue on your smart Schedule – Channel 10 to chemicals considered phone by scanning the QR code. Human Relations Commission: Jan. 15 at by the state to cause cancer, All you need is a QR scanner birth defects, or other Life in the Bike application. 9:00 am Lane Fine Art Commission: Jan. 15 at 4:00 pm, reproductive harm. Santa Monica Blvd. bike lanes remain on the table Jan. 16 at 12:00 pm, Jan. 21 at 8:00 pm following study session Veolia Energy Los Angeles, Inc. meeting City Council Study Session: Jan. 15 at wants you to know that cover stories • pages 5-6 7:00 pm City Council Formal Meeting: Jan. 16 at detectable amounts of some of WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND? 3:00 pm these substances may be found Cultural Heritage Commission: Jan. 16 at in and around its facility located You can write us at: 8:00 pm at 2052 Century Park East, 140 South Beverly Drive #201 Public Works Commission: Jan. 20 at Los Angeles, CA. 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Tv/radio Personality Kerri Kasem discusses her crusade to pass Assembly Bill 2034, which would protect the right of adult children to visit ailing parents, in the Weekly’s issue #794. Kerri is the daughter of the late radio broadcaster Casey Kasem. learn more about Kerri’s inspirational battle here: http://vimeo.com/114385169 Page 2 • Beverly Hills Weekly briefs cont. on page 5 asked to fund something knowing that what Newtown until it wasn’t safe. [September Susie Shannon, Ilissa Gold, Heidi was directed wasn’t given by the school 11th], on 9/10 it was one reality, on 9/12 Shink, Jessica Yas, Melissa Grant, Genise district.” we had another reality. So they’re living in Schnitman, Ann Doneen, Santa Monica Councilmember Willie Brien proposed a 9/10 world, I’m living in a 9/12 world. I Mayor Kevin McKeown, Steve Bott, Casey briefs that the District hire and pay for its own think there’s a complete divide about real- Robinson, Jon Katz, A. Lee Walkup, Sion security company. He also commented that ity—although I respect their right to make Roy and Edward (Ted) Vaill were elected the money the City gives the District should those opinions—I think they make them during Sunday’s meeting. Council rejects school go towards enriching its classrooms, not erroneously.” Gold, Shannon and McKeown tied for top security funding request arming its campuses. EBI announced on November 6 that it vote-getter with 119 votes each. After nearly two hours of deliberation, the “We’re a performance improvement dis- would no longer provide services to the Lisa Maki, Courtney Hamilton, Charles Council voted 3-2 to reject the Beverly Hills trict right now, with declining reputation, District’s five campuses due to financial Taylor and James Altuner were elected Unified School District’s request that the declining number of National Merit schol- difficulties. The District is trying to recoup runners-up. City fund an amount totaling $138,088.32 ars since 2005 and an excessive amount of the $135,015.86 owed to it following EBI’s that had been prepaid to the now-defunct dollars being spent on lawsuits and money declaration of bankruptcy. Public Works Commission Irvine-based security program Evidence- being taken out of kids’ classrooms,” said Based, Inc. (EBI) from August 2014 through deliberates 10-year City Brien. “So maybe, just maybe, as a City Delegates elected to water plan November 5, 2014. Councilmember and as a fiduciary for the California Democratic Party “We all as a Council supported it with taxpayers of the city giving you guys a lot of After nearly four hours of deliberating specific conditions,” said Mayor Lili Bosse money, we’ve got to hold you accountable.” Central Committee engineering firm Psomas’ in-depth findings at the Council meeting on January 13. “We Across town, Board of Education member Almost 200 regarding potential water supply alternatives said we will support this, but we need these Lisa Korbatov voiced her disapproval of the voters gath- for increasing the reliability of the City’s conditions met, and that was understood by Council’s decision at the Board meeting. ered at the water supply system, the Public Works the school district. And that is where I think “You have a Council that seems to think Beverly Hills Commission decided to defer their decision we have a problem because we’re being everything is safe. Everything was safe at Public Library to a special meeting on January 22 at 8:00 auditorium am. on January “I thought it was a marvelous presentation Board of Education legal fees exceed $1.7 million for 4th 11 to elect and obviously a tremendous amount of work Quarter 2014 14 new dele- and effort went into it,” said Commissioner Attorney Firm October November December gates—seven Barry Pressman. “I don’t know that in 10 Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin $6,570 $180,705.5 $23,432 women and minutes we can digest all of this and make seven men— recommendations to the City Council—I Burke, Williams & Sorensen $7,015 $1,022.5 $1,375.00 Kevin McKeown for the 50th just don’t see it happening.” Assembly dis- Through a collaborative workshop pro- Horvitz & Levy LLP $18,296.51 trict, which includes Beverly Hills. briefs cont. on page 4 Best Best & Krieger $23,564.26 $5,826 Moss, Levy & Hartzheim $1,440 $13,500 $6,259 SUMMARY NOTICE Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud $315 $3,283.38 $10,833.40 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 6, 2015 the Council of the City of & Romo Beverly Hills adopted an Ordinance entitled: PrimeSource $34,242 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS AMENDING THE Murphy & Evertz $262,890 $137,756 BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR A TAXICAB Leighton Consulting $182,957 $15,480 FRANCHISE SYSTEM IN THE CITY Kasowitz Benson Torres & $675,625 Mayor Bosse, Vice Mayor Gold and Councilmembers Brien, Mirisch and Krasne Friedman LLP voted for adoption of the Ordinance (Ordinance No. 15-O-2671). The following Greenberg Glusker Fields CAMA $163,956 summary of Ordinance No. 15-O-2671 has been prepared and published pursuant to Government Code Section 36933. Lozano LLP $671 Summary of Ordinance Total $57,200.77 $678,600.38 $1,041,213 This Ordinance amends Chapter 4 (“Public Transportation Vehicles”) of Title 7 Grand Total $1,777,014.15 (“Traffic, Parking, and Public Transportation”) of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code Source: Commercial Warrant Register, BHUSD Board of Education Jan. 13 agenda (“Code”) in order to implement a taxi franchise system in the City. Currently, The Beverly Hills Unified School District’s legal fees from October 7 to December the Code provides for regulation of taxis in the City through the issuance of 30, 2014 totaled $1,777,014.15, as outlined in a 71-page attachment included with the Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity.